User blog:Weather Synchronize/The Recent Vandalism

Dear all users of PBB Wikia,

With the recent rapid updates of the game, the activity on PBB Wikia is on the rise again. We are grateful to see more contributions to the Wikia, and to see players benefiting from the information here. Unfortunately the increased activity also brings along with the major issue of vandalism.

The recent cases of vandalising articles mostly include changing the contents into total nonsense, clearing the page with no reason at all, or inserting foul languages and other inappropriate words. As of now, all the users committed vandalism are anonymous users.

Obviously we are not the only Wiki to be plagued with vandalism. Every Wiki on the Internet, including the famous Wikipedia, suffers from that. There are always notorious users who like wrecking stuff with no reason at all. Thus we are deploying similar strategy in combatting the problem. The principle is, we have ZERO tolerance on vandalism. All kinds of vandalism are strictly forbidden, and edits which involve any kind of vandalism must be instantly reverted. Depending on the severity and how many times the pages have been vandalised, or how many times the users have vandalised pages, we may deploy the following measures:


 * Semi-protection: Prevents newcomers and anonymous editors from modifying the protected pages. Auto-confirmed users are not affected.
 * Full Protection: Only used when auto-confirmed users are involved in edit wars or vandalism, this prevents anyone below Moderator level to modify the protected pages.
 * Warning: An Admin or a Moderator will post a message of warning on the User Talk pages for those who are found to have vandalised articles.
 * Timed Ban: Users who continue to vandalise after the warning is posted will be banned for a couple of weeks. Users who committed serious vandalism, such as inserting foul languages into a large portion of the page, or many pages in quick succession, will be banned as well without prior warning.
 * Extended / Permanent Ban: After the first timed ban expires, if the previously banned user vandalises articles again, he or she will receive an extended ban for a month or even longer. Permanent ban may even be considered in very extreme cases, such that we are very sure the user will never stop his or her acts of damaging the Wikia.

Please be aware that the above measures, especially on how we issue warnings or bans, are subject to changes if the situation worsens. We are investigating on the recent cases of vandalism, because it is clear that they are not isolated cases. At the meantime, please be on the alert, undo any edits which you greatly suspect as vandalism, and report to an Admin or a Moderator if necessary. Do NOT participate in any kinds of vandalism, otherwise you shall receive heavy penalties stated above. Thank you for your attention, and please continue to enjoy your time on PBB Wikia.

Weather Synchronize Administrator